Asset & Wealth Management - Quantitative Engineer - Analyst - Dallas

Asset & Wealth Management - Quantitative Engineer - Analyst - Dallas Job Description

Our quantitative strategists are at the cutting edge of our business and solve real‑world problems through a variety of analytical methods. As a member of our team, you will use your training in mathematics, programming, and logical thinking to construct quantitative models that drive our success in global financial markets. Your problem‑solving talents and aptitude for innovation will help define your contributions and enable you to find solutions to a broad range of problems, in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment.

As a strategist on our portfolio analytics team within our premier Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management business, you will collaborate closely with financial professionals in the PWM business to combine quantitative techniques and industry knowledge to help design and refine investment strategies tailored for our PWM clients. You will be expected to develop a deep understanding of a wide range of financial products.

• Working closely with wealth management professionals to design and create client reporting tools
• Working with senior leadership on business analytics and marketing efforts
• Providing backtests, risk analytics, and other analyses of PWM’s investment strategies
• Developing simulations to quantify benefits of PWM strategies and help drive client engagement
• Developing standardized & scalable client reporting for an extensive client base, along with customized and bespoke analytics for the division’s largest and most sophisticated clients
• Building and maintaining infrastructure of Strategists’ analytical systems in a resource efficient manner

• Bachelor or Masters in a quantitative or engineering field, e.g. mathematics, physics, quantitative finance, computational finance, computer science, engineering
• Programming and mathematical skills are required
• Interest and knowledge of the financial markets. Keen to understand all facets of Private Wealth Management business.
• Intelligence, creativity, and problem‑solving skills
• Great communication skills (written and verbal)
• A self‑starter, should have ability to work independently as well as thrive in a team environment

Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management (PWM) is a world‑class provider of wealth management solutions for high‑net‑worth individuals, their families, and foundations. Our PWM advisors help clients manage their financial wealth including providing access to innovative investment ideas and opportunities, developing customized investment strategies, and offering a full array of wealth‑management services.

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We’re committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firm‑wide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs.

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location, providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year. We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family…